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Jason Lezak

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Jason Edward Lezak (born November 12, 1975) is an American former competitive swimmer and swimming executive who competed for the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lezak specialized in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle races, and represented the United States in four Olympic Games where he won eight Olympic medals. Lezak is known for his performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics as the anchor for the United States during the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, where his time of 46.06 seconds was the fastest 100 m freestyle split recorded to that date. Several sports historians and journalists considered the event one of the greatest and most memorable efforts by an American relay team of that era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Jason Lezak is the 348th most popular swimmer (down from 311th in 2024), the 17,112th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,495th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jason Lezak ranks 348 out of 709. Before him are Le Jingyi, Duje Draganja, Mary T. Meagher, Mikako Kotani, Yang Wenyi, and Pernille Blume. After him are Bronte Barratt, Miwako Motoyoshi, Qian Hong, Andriy Govorov, Mike Barrowman, and Nicholas Santos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Jason Lezak ranks 842. Before him are Serafim Barzakov, Senad Tiganj, Diadenis Luna, Hazem Emam, Marian Simion, and Vasilij Žbogar. After him are Roberto Carretero, Miguel Cardona, Sharif Atkins, Denis Marconato, Gaizka Garitano, and Patrick Femerling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jason Lezak ranks 17,119 out of 20,380. Before him are Ron Welty (1971), Fernando Vargas (1977), Erik Rutan (1971), Hayley McFarland (1991), Tom Perrotta (1961), and Debra Marshall (1960). After him are Miguel Cardona (1975), Sharif Atkins (1975), Todd Stashwick (1968), Brant Daugherty (1985), Ethan Embry (1978), and Jack Andraka (1997).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Jason Lezak ranks 123. Before him are Robert Finke (1999), Nancy Hogshead-Makar (1962), Nicole Haislett (1972), Rebecca Soni (1987), Anthony Ervin (1981), and Mary T. Meagher (1964). After him are Aaron Peirsol (1983), Carrie Steinseifer (1968), David Berkoff (1966), Maya DiRado (1993), Rowdy Gaines (1959), and Brendan Hansen (1981).

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